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Designing for Life: A Human Perspective on Technology Development

✍ Scribed by Pertti Saariluoma, José J. Cañas, Jaana Leikas (auth.)

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Leaves
283
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Throughout the chapters, the authors take readers through the various uses of technology. They discuss archifact analysis, usability and cognitive engineering, as well as motivation and emotion in user interface design. The book also crucially introduces a new, holistic approach to designing human-technology interaction.

The book is suitable for researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students of cognitive and social psychology as well as all those who are interested in technological design and its societal impact.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Technology in Life....Pages 1-24
Design Discourses....Pages 25-48
The Logic of User Interface Design....Pages 49-77
The Psychology of Fluent Use....Pages 79-136
Emotions, Motives, Individuals, and Cultures in Interaction....Pages 137-170
Life-Based Design....Pages 171-206
Research and Innovation....Pages 207-241
Epilogue: Designing for Life....Pages 243-250
Back Matter....Pages 251-267

✦ Subjects

Cognitive Psychology;Philosophy of Technology;Computers and Society;Emotion;Philosophy of Science;Interaction Design

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